Harvey approached the fallen cat, and before he could make a move, the cat suddenly let out a weak roar. Its limbs trembled slightly, and it turned its neck as hard as it could, facing in Harvey's direction.

At this moment, Harvey has been out of the state of hiding his breath, Yan Mao has no vision, he only determines Harvey's position with the breath of energy.

Harvey paused, staring at the flame cat with dark and deep eyes, and then slowly pulled out a dustless arrow, ready to deal a fatal blow to the fire cat's head.

As if hearing the footsteps of the Grim Reaper, the Yan Cat finally roared unwillingly. At the same time, every inch of its skin suddenly lit up with golden flames. At the moment of the flash of fire, the huge body of the flame cat shriveled and shrunk at a speed visible to the naked eye, and Harvey was just about to speak, but the words that he was about to blurt out finally withdrew from his mouth.

It was too late for Harvey to call someone. The body of the flame cat burned into ashes in only two breaths, and there was not a trace of the flesh and skeleton left, leaving only the dark red ashes piled up into small mounds.

Harvey's eyes flickered and he walked over to the ashes of the cat, and picked up a handful of red ashes. The temperature of the flame still lingered on the red ash, and it was immediately dispersed by the wind, and the scattered parts could not be found.

If the flame cat does not self-destruct, then he will be reduced to a corpse beast after death and resurrected. Harvey secretly said that he had miscalculated, because he did not take preventive measures to suppress the energy in the body of the imprisoning Yan Cat, and gave the Yan Cat a chance to self-destruct. The situation has become like this, and it is unknown whether the flame cat's self-destruction stems from the dignity of the third-order overlord or the secrets kept by the spies.

"Lord Harvey, Flame Cat...... This? At this moment, Lecaon ran to Harvey's side in three steps and two steps, and as soon as he asked, he looked down and saw a pile of red ash on the ground.

"Bringing back the ashes left by the self-destruction of the Yan Cat is better than nothing." Harvey said. He turned, and the rest of the hunters had already begun to clean up the aftermath, including rescuing the ten hunters who had been stunned from the previous freeze.

"Return!"

The capture battle, which lasted for three days, finally ended with the result of the flame cat self-extinguishing. In the evening, the content about the results of the battle quickly reached Wu Qi's ears. When he heard this information, he was stunned for a moment, and then an unsolvable doubt appeared in his mind.

"Wu Qi, why are you absent-minded?"

During dinner, Wu Qi was distracted. Solu, who was sitting next to him, saw that Wu Qi hadn't eaten a bite of food and drank a spoonful of soup for a long time, and his eyes were still staring ahead in a daze, so he asked.

"Ah, I'm sorry, I'm distracted." Wu Qi apologized.

As soon as Solu thought about it, he could see what Wu Qi was thinking, and after the afternoon practice, Wu Qi was still relaxed and natural, and it didn't take long for him to suddenly have something on his mind. No matter how you think about it, it is affected by the major event of the hunting party of capture and operation.

"No need to apologize. Are you thinking about the Flame Cat? ”

"Well, the strange thing about the fire cat's self-destruction is that almost all the hunters of the hunting team are thinking, and Lord Harvey is also thinking. And what is the relationship between the fire cat and the snow lynx. If you don't reason and analyze a logical chain close to the truth, then the identity of the spies of the flame cat and the snow lynx cannot be judged. Lord Harvey can't tolerate the presence of a creature that might be a spy sent by another throne in his hunting party. Wu Qi told what he was thinking.

For Soru, he didn't need to hide that.

Solu said in an understated tone: "This matter...... The old man has already heard about it. The role of a spy is to obtain information about the object to be investigated as secretly as possible on the premise of saving his life so that he can return to report information. In order to pursue the snow lynx to invade the Silver Sand Desert, he knew that there was a hunter ambush and did not retreat in time, and finally put his life on the line. Whether or not he died by suicide in the end, this beast is so stupid that if you were the throne, would you send such a spy? ”

Solu's words were obviously very reasonable, and Wu Qi was persuaded by Solu in a turn of his mind.

Wu Qi said: "Indeed, looking at all the actions of Yan Mao, he is more like a powerful beast king than a cunning and resourceful spy. However, if the Yan Cat is blind and dares to attack the snow lynx, its own perception must be very keen; Coupled with the performance of the Yan Cat's previous escapes, he may have sensed the hunter who ambushed him, but did not perceive Lord Harvey, who was the most dangerous, and the snow lynx, the target that he had searched for many times, was in front of him, so he chose to fight. ”

Soru finished the last mouthful of soup in the bowl, smacked his lips, and said, "Hunting the snow lynx, it can be counted as a reason." But Wu Qi, these reasonings are all based on your rational analysis, and it is not necessary to really tell Harvey. There are smart hunters in the hunting team who can analyze this, and Harvey is a smart man himself. ”

Soru means "you can probably guess what is going on in your own heart, and you don't need to express yourself through it", and there is a subtext: "You give me more attention to the knowledge and skills of craftsmen, and less to think about these useless things".

Wu Qi said "um".

When dinner was over, he waved goodbye to Soru and walked around the lighted camp alone.

Wu Qi passed by the cage where the snow lynx was originally kept. The cage was empty, and he remembered that when the hunting party returned, it seemed that the lynx had not been put back in its cage, but had taken it to the infirmary.

Wu Qi had thought that he could use the Discovery Ability of the Wilderness God's revelation to find out if the snow lynx had any traces of contact with a high-ranking third-order life. But after integrating all the information he had obtained so far, he didn't need to think about it so much, and even reached the point of thinking about the safety of the territory for Kazan's guy.

If he had the same mentality as Harvey the Fourth Envoy, wouldn't he be in the position of allegiance to Kazan, and really think of himself as a soldier in the service of Kazan?

"It doesn't matter to me whether the snow lynx and the fire cat are spies or not. If even Harvey doesn't have the ability to discern spies, then what's the need for me to steal the limelight as a pawn. Take 10,000 steps back and say, if the snow lynx is really a spy, then it will not hurt me for her to disrupt the security of Kazan's territory and cause the two thrones to fight openly and secretly. ”

Wu Qimo thought about it for a while, and felt that this was what he really should think. I have always seemed to habitually substitute for the identity of a team's strategist. This is undoubtedly wrong for the status quo.

He is now a fish that has fallen into the muddy waters of the abyss of the apocalypse, the mudier the water, the more suitable for him to survive, he should "play dumb" and act carefully. And now that more than one pair of eyes were watching him, the messenger crow who was hiding in the shadows to watch him all the time, he must not forget.

After thinking about it, Wu Qi honestly walked back to the No. 5 residence, took a bow and arrows to the open space outside the camp to make up for the vacancy of today's routine training; After practicing to the fullest exercise of archery skills and spiritual energy, go back to bed step by step.

From this night on, Wu Qi's life quietly calmed down. In the following month, Wu Qi spent half of his days in the workshop, learning knowledge and honing his skills as an apprentice craftsman; Not only is it about building weapons and equipment, but the technology of manipulating energy creations is also improving.

For the other half of the day, Wu Qi continued to participate in the hunting team's routine training. After he took down Lekaon without much effort, he sparred with Harvey. Harvey's archery skills and spiritual energy are above Wu Qi, Wu Qi has experienced countless injuries and tempering, and the technique of disappearing archery has broken through the bottleneck and began to become further stronger.

If the strength of all hunters is put on the table, Wu Qi is the well-deserved second overall in the hunting team, second only to the captain of the hunting team and the fourth envoy Harvey. But Wu Qi did not reveal a high profile of matching the power ranking, on the contrary, he was very low-key, and he really gained a little improvement every day in the low-key world.

And this almost stressful training time came to an abrupt end one day a month later.

At noon, the blazing white arc in the center of the Apocalypse Dome cast a bright light as usual, and Wu Qi finished his morning work in the workshop and walked on the road to the restaurant.

For some reason, Wu Qi felt that today's temperature was five or six degrees higher than usual, and the environmental noise above and around the camp was even more noisy, giving people the illusion of walking in the summer forest and listening to the cicadas.

Skin and ears are Wu Qi's two perception generals, and Wu Qi has never missed them. He walked to the entrance of the restaurant, and before he could enter, a very black communication crow flew over his shoulder while screaming and flapping its wings.

The communication crow, nicknamed "Xiao Hei", which he nicknamed "Xiao Hei", flew so close to him for the first time, Wu Qi did not drive away, and said in a calm tone: "Xiao Hei, what is the matter with you?" ”

The communication crow opened its beak and spat out: "Wu Qi, the throne lord has an order!" ”

When Wu Qi heard the word "throne", his expression immediately turned grim. The next second, he heard Xiao Hei shout: "At 0:00 tonight, standing at the gate of the camp of the hunting team, someone is coming to pick you up." ”

Wu Qi's mind was racing, and he said slowly: "Can I ask what to do with me?" ”

Xiao Hei said "dumbly" straightly: "Do it, and you will know it then." ”

Wu Qi understood, this was a way to completely block his access to information in advance.

Since you can't change the status quo, you can only use what you have at the moment to prepare for the best. Wu Qi pressed a trace of tension that could not be eliminated in the bottom of his heart, and ate and took a lunch break as usual.

During the afternoon patrol, Wu Qi asked Laikaon for a personal leave and came to the workshop with a somewhat different mood than usual.

Wu Qi pushed open the door and walked in, and the first thing he felt was still a familiar scene and atmosphere. Soru lay lazily on the Taishi's chair, and several apprentices began to prepare for work one after another.

When Solu saw Wu Qi coming, he couldn't help but be surprised: "Can't go on patrol?" ”

Wu Qi nodded slightly, and he looked left and right, as if it was the last time he looked at the workshop that had been there for more than a month.

"Master, I may have to leave the hunting team for a while."